China COSCO Holdings Company Limited (short form "China COSCO") was established in the People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

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 in 2005. It is the listed flagship

Flagship

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 and subsidiary

Subsidiary

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 of China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company

COSCO

China Ocean Shipping Company, known as COSCO or COSCO Group, is one of the largest liner shipping companies worldwide. It is a government owned company of the People's Republic of China...

 ("COSCO Group"), the largest integrated shipping

Shipping

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 company in China and the second largest in the world

World

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. It provides a wide range of container

Containerization

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 shipping

Shipping

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, dry bulk shipping, third party logistics, freight forwarding, Terminal

Port

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 and container leasing

Leasing

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 domestically

Domestic market

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 and internationally. It is headquartered in Beijing

Beijing

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.

Its H shares and A shares were listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

Hong Kong Stock Exchange

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 and Shanghai Stock Exchange

Shanghai Stock Exchange

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 in 2005 and 2007 respectively.

See also

• COSCO Group
• COSCO (Hong Kong) Group
  COSCO (Hong Kong) Group
  COSCO Group Limited is one of the largest Chinese state-owned conglomerate in Hong Kong, which is wholly owned by COSCO Group. Its business include shipping services, coatings manufacturing, insurance, information technology, freight forwarding, property development and management.Its listed...
  
  
• COSCO Pacific
  COSCO Pacific
  COSCO Pacific Limited , headquartered in Hong Kong, is a subsidiary and listed company of COSCO Group owned by COSCO Group. It is mainly engaged in container terminal operations, container manufacturing and leasing, shipping agency and freight forwarding.It has been a Hang Seng Index Constituent...
  
  
• COSCO International Holdings
  COSCO International Holdings
  COSCO International Holdings Limited is the subsidiary of COSCO Group . It is engaged in ship trading and supplying services...
  
  
• China International Marine Containers
  China International Marine Containers
  China International Marine Containers Co., Ltd is a Chinese company principally engaged in the manufacture and sale of transportation equipment, such as containers, road transport vehicles and airport ground-handling equipment....
  
  

External links

• China COSCO Holdings Company Limited